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160 hedge funds and large institutions have $1.35B invested in STAAR Surgical in 2020 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 29 funds opening new positions, 54 increasing their positions, 57 reducing their positions, and 33 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

29% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $30.4M | Put options by funds: $23.6M

5% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 54 | Existing positions reduced: 57

1.76% less ownership

Funds ownership: 94.95%93.2% (-1.8%)

4% less funds holding

Funds holding: 167160 (-7)

9% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.49B → $1.35B (-$136M)

12% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 29 | Existing positions closed: 33

25% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 86 (-2)

Holders
160
Holders Change
-7
Holders Change %
-4.19%
% of All Funds
3.53%
Holding in Top 10
6
Holding in Top 10 Change
-2
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-25%
% of All Funds
0.13%
New
29
Increased
54
Reduced
57
Closed
33
Calls
$30.4M
Puts
$23.6M
Net Calls
+$6.79M
Net Calls Change
+$14.8M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
BC
1
Broadwood Capital
New York
$348M -$1.39M -41,220 -0.4%
Vanguard Group
2
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$120M +$1.34M +39,672 +1%
PAI
3
Palo Alto Investors
California
$106M -$16.9M -500,415 -13%
BlackRock
4
BlackRock
New York
$93.8M -$1.82M -54,058 -2%
Baillie Gifford & Co
5
Baillie Gifford & Co
United Kingdom
$63.5M +$862K +25,587 +1%
Capital International Investors
6
Capital International Investors
California
$61.9M +$2.87M +85,300 +5%
GCM
7
Geneva Capital Management
Wisconsin
$41.4M +$43.2M +1,281,802 New
State Street
8
State Street
Massachusetts
$35.2M -$1.62M -48,103 -4%
WRF
9
Waddell & Reed Financial
Kansas
$33.6M -$5.32M -157,886 -13%
TCM
10
TimesSquare Capital Management
New York
$26.8M -$1.75M -51,900 -6%
Ensign Peak Advisors
11
Ensign Peak Advisors
Utah
$26.4M +$954K +28,295 +4%
RI
12
RTW Investments
New York
$21.8M +$12.6M +373,439 +124%
DC
13
Defender Capital
North Carolina
$19.3M -$149K -4,420 -0.7%
Northern Trust
14
Northern Trust
Illinois
$17.7M +$244K +7,252 +1%
Geode Capital Management
15
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$17.2M +$1.74M +51,769 +11%
Loomis, Sayles & Company
16
Loomis, Sayles & Company
Massachusetts
$17.1M +$2.9M +86,089 +19%
PVI
17
Pura Vida Investments
New York
$15.8M -$1.72M -51,160 -9%
N
18
Nuveen
North Carolina
$15.2M -$1.89M -56,158 -11%
Royal Bank of Canada
19
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$14M +$1.6M +47,485 +12%
Artisan Partners
20
Artisan Partners
Wisconsin
$12M +$12.6M +373,020 New
UBS AM
21
UBS AM
Illinois
$10.4M -$1.7M -50,539 -14%
AAP
22
Ardsley Advisory Partners
Connecticut
$8.87M -$843K -25,000 -8%
AAMU
23
AEGON Asset Management (UK)
United Kingdom
$8.42M +$5.19M +154,028 +142%
Marshall Wace
24
Marshall Wace
United Kingdom
$8.13M +$6.93M +205,724 +444%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
25
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$8.12M +$3.12M +92,593 +58%

STAA Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2020 in Review

160 of the 4,538 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in STAAR Surgical (STAA) for Q1 2020, worth a combined $1.35B — down 9.1% from $1.49B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 33 funds closed out of STAA and 29 opened new positions — a net loss of 4 holders — while 57 trimmed existing stakes and 54 added.

The largest buyer was RTW Investments, adding an estimated $12.6M. The largest seller was Janus Henderson Group, exiting entirely with an estimated $31.1M sold.

  • 160 institutional investors held STAAR Surgical (STAA) as of Q1 2020, down from 167 in Q4 2019.
  • Funds reported $1.35B of STAAR Surgical stock for Q1 2020, down 9.1% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 29 funds opened new STAAR Surgical positions in Q1 2020 and 33 closed out, a net change of -4 holders.
  • The largest STAAR Surgical buyer in Q1 2020 was RTW Investments, an estimated $12.6M added.
  • The largest STAAR Surgical seller in Q1 2020 was Janus Henderson Group, an estimated $31.1M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2020.